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I once at Mike Bowden at Plymouth why he booked me for so many meetings as I lived over 200 miles away, he said because 1 you always do well here and 2 when I phone you you never ask how much am I getting paid

Looks like Northamptons a dead duck by the stock car announcements online. Come on it was never realistic or sense just to rush a team into Brafield, just to "plaster over" the Premiership problem. With nothing firm on Ipswich its looking like "gruel around the top table in 2026". A Four Team Tournament is whats left it seems.

A baffling comment that Matt Ford made in his SS interview was that Poland could pay riders half of what they do and the riders would still be very well paid.... Thus, by paying riders less it would reduce the gap between the UK salary and Poland's... Therefore, making the UK salary more attractive to some riders... Maybe just paying riders what you can afford to pay them, is the more simpler idea? And, if they don't want to ride for that money, ask someone else who will....

Well I wouldn’t go that far 😂 I had a go

Challenge or semi’s as i will call them are with these teams Group A Slovenia, Denmark, Ukraine and Norway Group B Czech Rep, France, Latvia and Sweden. No GB entry for the 2nd year running. just one meeting with the groups rides alternating between Group A and B. Meeting starts at 3pm local 2pm UK time.

A "proper s/way rider I witnessed many riders like yourself in 70's and 80's the bedrock of the sport now sadly long gone .

Once when my Star was late I asked whoever I spoke to (forget who), with toungue firmly in cheek "so as my copy hasn't arrived yet can you tell me what's happening in speedway right now ?" He answered "Well tell you what, last season Andrew Skeels (Star editor & Scunny fan) & I were on a Southern tour so took in a meeting at Plymouth & very much enjoyed the experience. More than decent crowd, plenty of youngsters, interval kid's race, good atmosphere, had us a great time & locals assured us the crowds pretty much did double when Scott Nicholls was signed. We'll defo be back"....

Traveling has always been a big demand on riders ,in the 70's we came back from Workington to Chester on a Friday night( after midnight ) in work Saturday till lunch time .Then we washed and prepared two bikes in the afternoon ready for Eastborne the next day .The rider did all the driving towing a two bike trailer and scored a paid max Friday and I think 13 from five on Sunday and he was back at work Monday morning as a panel beater . He was one of the NL all time greats IMO as well

In 2003 I did nearly 80 meetings with an average round trip of 400 miles per meeting, my van which I paid for was doing around 60-80k miles a year riding sometimes 4 times per week and washed and prepped my own bikes,,worked part time mechanic for Adam skornicki and sometimes washed Joe screens bikes and worked as a full time courier often delivering on way to meetings and sometimes after meetings and I did it for peanuts so forgive me if I have little sympathy for the likes of Jason Edward’s ,they don’t know they are born

That's a big problem.I know it's a long time ago,but when Halifax re-opened,only one rider,Dave Younghusband,lived more than 10 miles away from Halifax,so apart from minimum travelling for home meetings,it really felt like a home team you were supporting.

Final announced as being at Rzeszow therefore means Poland won’t be involved in the Pardubice Semi’s

... a cut back, reduced NDL!

I don't think he had any agenda... He was just responding to what Matt Ford had said the week before... With Tony's views echoing the majority on here I would suggest... Martin Rogers also contributed to refute some of Matt's comments, someone who promoted when "the going was good"...

Season ticket prices for Ekstraliga 2026 clubs. Look for the "normalny" price. Wrocław has the cheapest, at 239 PLN (around £49) .. 👇

The fords with correct his childish temperament

Not just the sport but his personality shone through. Great days at Crayford.

Remind me, please, which tracks has Tony MacDonald owned or even promoted that he’s an expert? Or is he just another Matt Ford/Poole speedway hater?

I have watched Speedway in the USA .. Plymouth will seem like Pardubice!!!

Which makes the lack of "one league", due to the level of riders it would need, even more baffling... There won't be any other answer than to use NDL second strings, and even reserves, to fill spaces in just a few years, so why wait? At least, starting this season, give these riders plenty of rides... EVERY meeting should have some NDL level races for those who are not tier two ready currently... Instead we have... ?????????? As a joined up development programme...

Well your in for a different experience than belle Vue the track/ stadium would fit into a third of the NSS. But Plymouth seems to be doing something good, as last year when the Comets visited, the crowd was about double the previous year.

Yeah Scotty,Harris,Troy.B, Lawson, King, Cook, Wright and Barker just off the top of my head are all late 30's or 40 plus, there's probably a few more ive missed and all.

Couldn't agree more, the sport will never recognise just how much he has done. His contribution has been immense....

Change at 12 Ala-Riihimaki is injured and Andrej Divis replaces him.

There's actually quite a lot of riders who'll soon be hanging up their boots.

You would have thought that, around at least, five years or so ago, "someone" would have noticed the ages of these lads who are now into their 30's and 40's, and thought... "Who will replace them?".... Obviously, around this time, "someone" also diluted the NDL level, and very few teams have ran a second team, or any meaningful NDL races during their meetings, possibly, due to riders no longer being assets? Meaning a team could train up a rider, financially support him, and then another team pays him more to join them.. A properly disjointed plan, which smacks of a lack of clear vision and leadership.... Which is really the ultimate issue for UK Speedway..